LWCRA - need help working out backdated pay

emilyp1708
emilyp1708 Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
edited March 2022 in Universal Credit (UC)
I first provided a sick note on the 4th November 2020. I had my LCWRA assessment on the 11th December 2020. My assessment period is from the 19th - 18th of each month and I get paid on the 25th of each month. I was awarded LCWRA on the 18th January 2022. Just wondering how much I will be entitled to in back payments and roughly when I will get it thank you

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  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,538 Championing
    Hello and welcome @emilyp1708 thanks for your query, I've marked it as unanswered so our members can advise you soon.

    Have a lovely evening and let us know if you need anything further :)

    Alex
  • calcotti
    calcotti Online Community Member Posts: 10,005 Championing
    edited January 2022
    AP is19th - 18th of each month
    Reported on     4th November 2020 which is in the October to November AP.
    The waiting period is Nov-Dec, Dec-Jan and Jan-Feb.
    LCWRA payable with the February-March payment paid on 25th March 2021.

    You will see the LCWRA in your next payment.
    It will take longer for them to calculate arrears because they have to recalculate each month and then compare it with what you were previously paid in order to work out what is owed. You will be paid the arrears separately.

    Note that once the previous statements are recalculated they will overwrite the previous statement so if you want a record of the previous statements you should make copies now.

    (All of the above assumes you are not on a joint claim which already includes LCWRA for a partner.)

  • janer1967
    janer1967 Online Community Member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    Thats a long time to wait for the decision if assessment was Dec 2020 and decision Jan 2022 ? 
  • calcotti
    calcotti Online Community Member Posts: 10,005 Championing
    edited January 2022
    janer1967 said:
    Thats a long time to wait for the decision if assessment was Dec 2020 and decision Jan 2022 ? 
    I assumed it was a typo and assessment was December 2021. Unlikely to have assessment within 5 weeks of first Fit Note (even pre-Covid)
  • emilyp1708
    emilyp1708 Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
    No none of it is a typo, all dates are correct
  • calcotti
    calcotti Online Community Member Posts: 10,005 Championing
    emilyp1708 said:
    No none of it is a typo, all dates are correct
    That is truly bizarre then. You had an assessment within five weeks of reporting your health condition (they don’t normally send you the health form for four weeks) but then waited 13 months for a decision after that!
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 63,186 Championing
    Unless you had to take it to Tribunal which may explain why it took that long but even then that’s a long time to wait. 
  • emilyp1708
    emilyp1708 Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
    They already knew that I had health conditions prior to going on the sick so not sure if that's why I got the forms so fast? But yes waiting over a year for a decision has been awful. I've sent 3 messages in my journal the last being the 6th January this year, then I just got my decision on the 18th 
  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,538 Championing
    Hello @emilyp1708 I'm jest checking in to see how you are? Have you had any back payments yet?

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